Reported exposure to chickenpox: a predictor of positive anti-varicella-zoster antibodies in parturient women.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the relationship between the volume of amniotic fluid removed and the change in amniotic fluid index (AFI) and calculate an equation describing this association. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 19 amnioreduction procedures performed in our unit. Multiple regression analysis was u...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Abdel-Fattah SA,Carroll SG,Kyle PM,Soothill PW

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the assumption that amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein (AFAFP) levels are different in female and male twin fetuses. DESIGN:Amniotic fluid levels of AFP in pregnancies with female and male fetuses in gender-concordant and gender-discordant twins were compared. A t test of p < 0.05 was considered si...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Sharony R,Drugan A,Amiel A,Grinshpun-Cohen J,Markov S,Fejgin MD

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to review previous work reporting the concentration of solutes measured in maternal circulation, extra-embryonic celomic fluid, and amniotic fluid, to gain insights into the mechanism that could lead to compartmentalization of fluid and solutes within the gestational sac prior to th...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Santolaya-Forgas J,De Leon-Luis J,Espinoza J,Gonçalves LF,Romero R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At 28 weeks of amenorrhea, 1 fetus of a monoamniotic twin pregnancy died. Ultrasound and Doppler investigations of the surviving twin were normal. Three weeks later, endovaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging revealed massive bilateral cerebral ischemic necrosis in the surviving twin. In utero fetal blood s...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Langer B,Boudier E,Gasser B,Christmann D,Messer J,Schlaeder G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve neonatal outcomes in pregnancies at heightened risk for early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS), there is a need to identify fetuses that benefit from expectant management as opposed to early delivery. Detectable haptoglobin and haptoglobin-related protein (Hp&HpRP switch-on status) in cord blood has b...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Archabald KL,Buhimschi IA,Bahtiyar MO,Dulay AT,Abdel-Razeq SS,Pettker CM,Lipkind HS,Hardy JT,McCarthy ME,Zhao G,Bhandari V,Buhimschi CS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of routine transvaginal color Doppler assessment of the uterine arteries at 22-24 weeks of gestation in the prediction of placental insufficiency. METHODS:Women with singleton pregnancies scheduled for routine ultrasound scans at 22-24 weeks were offered Doppler assessment of the uteri...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Palma-Dias RS,Fonseca MM,Brietzke E,Fritsch A,Schlatter D,Maurmann CB,Stein NR,Magalhães JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate pre-intervention echocardiographic parameters of cardiac function in fetuses who survive without hydrops as compared to fetuses who develop hydrops or perinatal death in the setting of sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) and twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAP). METHODS:Clinical, echocardio...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Byrne FA,Lee H,Kipps AK,Brook MM,Moon-Grady AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to diagnose fetal cardiovascular malformations prenatally has been established during the past 14 years. This has naturally led to an increased interest in the possibility of providing timely therapy in the neonatal period and has raised the prospects for prenatal intervention. Before medical, catheter, an...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Kleinman CS,Copel JA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a fetus scanned by color Doppler ultrasound at 37 weeks for suspicion of growth restriction with an extremely rare variation of duplicated middle cerebral artery. Three-dimensional color power Doppler and tomographic ultrasound imaging enhanced our incidental finding. ...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Ventura W,Nazario C,Ingar J,Huertas E,Limay A,Castillo W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present an ethically justified decision-making pathway to use in the evaluation and treatment of pregnant women whose fetuses have twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). METHODS:The ethical principles of beneficence, autonomy and professional integrity were applied to the diagnostic and treatment optio...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Skupski D,Chervenak FA,McCullough L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A subset of fetuses with sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCT) develops hydrops caused by high-output heart failure. Identification of fetuses at risk for hydrops is important because surgical intervention may reverse the pathophysiology of the disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate sonographic prognostic fa...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Neubert S,Trautmann K,Tanner B,Steiner E,Linke F,Bahlmann F

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal stem cell transplantation may rely on material from therapeutic abortions. It is essential that the stem cell transplant does not transmit any microorganisms that may affect the fetus and that genetically abnormal cells are avoided. To evaluate such contamination, human fetal stem cells collected February 1992 -...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Ek S,Westgren M,Pschera H,Seiger A,Sundström E,Bui TH,Ringdén O

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence of meconium-stained amniotic fluid (AF) during labor suggests implementation of close monitoring of fetal well-being. We have investigated whether the presence of meconium in the AF on admission for labor is as important a predictor of neonatal outcome as a change in AF color during labor. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Locatelli A,Regalia AL,Patregnani C,Ratti M,Toso L,Ghidini A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The only causal therapy is fetoscopic laser surgery (FLS). The aims of this study were to analyze the long-term outcome of monochorionic twins treated by FLS, including their school career, need for therapy and special aid equipment, and free-time activities, and compare their outcome to matched dichorioni...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Rüegg L,Hüsler M,Krähenmann F,Zimmermann R,Natalucci G,Ochsenbein-Kölble N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic relevance to neonatal infections of the soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1) cord serum level. METHODS:The case-control study included 66 term newborn infants with and without risk factors for neonatal infections. Cord blood serum determinations of white blood cell c...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Daraï E,Poncelet C,Soriano D,Lejeune V,Bringuier AF,Madelenat P,Feldmann G,Scoazec JY

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether amniotic fluid cells contain cardiomyocyte- and neuron-like cells. STUDY DESIGN:In this experimental study, cells from human amniotic fluid samples were analyzed for mRNA expression of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2), vimentin and oxytocin (OT) receptor via RT-PCR. Immunocytochem...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Stefanidis K,Loutradis D,Anastasiadou V,Dinopoulou V,Eleni E,Arampatzi E,Lekka K,Mesogitis S,Antsaklis A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchopulmonary sequestration with associated nonimmune hydrops has been previously reported with generally poor prognosis for the neonate. We report a case of bronchopulmonary sequestration and associated pleural effusion successfully managed with a transthoracic catheter placement. The embryology and clinical patho...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Slotnick RN,McGahan J,Milio L,Schwartz M,Ablin D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report a case of conjoined twins that were diagnosed antenatally by routine two-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound examination at as early as the 9th week of gestational age. The fetuses were of the thoraco-omphalopagus type and were sharing the liver, as confirmed by color Doppler. There was a reversed flow ...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Basgül A,Kavak ZN,Sezen D,Basgul A,Gokaslan H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the DELFIA Xpress and Quantikine ELISA placental growth factor (PlGF) immunoassay platforms by analysing the same set of early first-trimester maternal serum samples from cases with trisomy 21 and euploid controls. METHODS:Thirty-seven trisomy 21 cases and 243 euploid control serum samples, drawn...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Cowans NJ,Kisanga M,Khan A,Spencer K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate lower extremity neuromotor function (LENF) and short-term ambulatory potential following fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) closure. METHODS:Retrospective chart review of 54 children that underwent fMMC closure at our institution prior to the NIHCD-MOMS trial. Neonatal LENF was compared to predicted f...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Danzer E,Gerdes M,Bebbington MW,Sutton LN,Melchionni J,Adzick NS,Wilson RD,Johnson MP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septal agenesis is a rare cerebral developmental anomaly characterized by partial or complete absence of the septum pellucidum (ASP). Septal agenesis may be associated with various congenital brain malformations, namely holoprosencephaly, septooptic dysplasia (SOD), schizencephaly or agenesis of the corpus callosum. C...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： García-Arreza A,García-Díaz L,Fajardo M,Carreto P,Antiñolo G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the prenatal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging finding of periventricular, large subependymal pseudocysts (SEPCs) in a patient who was later diagnosed as having mitochondrial depletion syndrome (MDS). To our knowledge, this is the first report of fetal SEPCs in a patient with MDS. These findings may ...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Rohrbach M,Chitayat D,Maegawa G,Shanske S,Davidzon G,Chong K,Clarke JT,Toi A,Tarnopolsky M,Robinson B,Blaser S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the feasibility of offline anatomic M-mode (AMM) to study fetal atrioventricular annulus long-axis displacement (LAD) and compare its performance against real-time conventional M-mode (MM). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Paired AMM and MM LAD studies were recorded prospectively in 54 fetuses, and performance was...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Germanakis I,Pepes S,Sifakis S,Gardiner H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study the predictive value and feasibility of fetal scalp lactate microsampling in the management of non-reassuring fetal status during labor. METHODS:A prospective observational study was conducted on cord blood gas samplings from 7,617 singleton and cephalic deliveries at > or =37 weeks of g...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Ramanah R,Martin A,Clement MC,Maillet R,Riethmuller D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five postmortem fetuses were scanned by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Of eight three-dimensional (3D) data sets reconstructed on an MGI workstation, five sets demonstrated detailed 3D fetal cardiac structures, and one depicted clear information regarding the disposition and compression of the heart and lungs in dia...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Deng J,Brookes JA,Gardener JE,Rodeck CH,Lees WR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic reduction of oxygen and nutrient delivery to the fetus has been related to neurodevelopmental problems. Placental underperfusion induces a significant reduction in oxygen and nutrient delivery, whereas maternal undernutrition causes mainly nutrient deficiency. A comparison of the neurodevelopmental...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Illa M,Eixarch E,Muñoz-Moreno E,Batalle D,Leal-Campanario R,Gruart A,Delgado-García JM,Figueras F,Gratacós E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multifetal pregnancy as a result of ovulation induction (OI) and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) correlate with Board certification in reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI). DESIGN:Retrospective chart analysis of 304 patients referred to Wayne State University (WSU) and Thomas Jefferson U...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Calhoun B,Evans MI,Krivchenia EL,Waters T,Urban AJ,Morgan P,Hume RF,Wapner RJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoraco-amniotic shunting was performed in 51 singleton pregnancies for decompression and chronic drainage of fetal pleural effusions (n = 47), pericardial effusion (n = 1), or pulmonary cysts (n = 3). Five fetuses had chromosomal defects and in 4 the parents elected termination of pregnancy. All 18 non-hydropic fetus...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Nicolaides KH,Azar GB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine if laterality of an absent umbilical artery (AUA) is associated with specific sonographic findings, chromosomal defects or postpartum birth defects. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, ultrasound reports and medical records of patients who recei...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Santillan M,Santillan D,Fleener D,Stegmann B,Zamba G,Hunter S,Yankowitz J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence of Down syndrome increases with maternal age and a rapid and accurate method for prenatal diagnosis is a necessity. This study was devised to evaluate and compare the methods for detecting trisomy 21 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-associated analysis of small tandem repeats (STR) of D21S11 ...

journal_title：Fetal diagnosis and therapy

authors： Yang YH,Kim IK,Oh SH,Kim CK,Kim JY

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00